Table equivalent for Chart 1. Distribution of immigrants by age at time of entry and source-country category (economically developing versus developed countries), based on the 1980 and 1990 Census PUMS (in percent)

Table equivalent for Chart 2. Distribution of legal versus illegal immigrants, by age at time of entry (in percent)

Age

Legal

Illegal

0–4

4.7

11.7

5–9

6.6

15.9

10–14

9.0

10.9

15–19

10.2

16.7

20–24

9.8

22.6

25–29

13.3

17.6

30–34

11.7

4.2

35–39

8.4

0.4

40–44

6.4

. . .

45–49

5.0

. . .

50–54

3.7

. . .

55–59

3.4

. . .

60–64

2.9

. . .

65–69

2.3

. . .

70–74

1.4

. . .

75+

1.1

. . .

SOURCE: Information on the age distribution for legal immigrants is from the Immigration and Naturalization Service records for 1993–1998. The age distribution estimates for illegal (undocumented immigrants are based on Passel (1999).

SOURCE: Information on the source-country distribution for legal immigrants is from the Immigration and Naturalization Service records for 1993–1998. The source-country distribution estimates for illegal (undocumented) immigrants are based on Passel (1999).